Theatre BC presents
MAINSTAGE 2008
"Around the World in 9 Days"
Nanaimo, BC
July 4- 12, 2008

PLAYBILL
(also in PDF format)

Mainstage Performances
the Port Theatre
125 Front Street
250-754-8550

Adjudicators: Jeff Hyslop (Performance)
                    Mike Taugher (Technical)

 NISA

Province of British Columbia

Nanaimo Port Authority

BC Ferries

Tom Harris Group

A-Channel

La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries

Scotiabank

Discovery Computers

City of Kamloops

Friday, July 4th - 7:30 pm

Arms and The Man by G.B. Shaw
presented by Nanaimo Theatre Group, North Island Zone
 
All’s fair in love and war, or is it? One of Shaw’s frequently performed classic comedies, it chronicles with his wit as it illuminates the humour of both heroic and romantic ideals turned on their heads. 

Saturday, July 5^th – 12:00 Noon  Matinee

The Good Game by Roy Teed
presented by Kersley Players, Central Interior Zone

Four hockey players re-unite with their championship team of thirty years ago to play a charity game.

Saturday, July 5^th – 8:00 pm

A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard
presented by Terrace Little Theatre, Skeena Zone

Told in three acts, set in the gritty American West, the story alternates between two families after a severe incident of spousal abuse leaves their lives altered.

Sunday, July 6^th – 7:30 pm

Wit by Margaret Edson
presented by Powerhouse Theatre (Vernon) Okanagan Zone

Wit tells the story of a woman struggling with ovarian cancer. In the  words of the Pulitzer Prizewinning playwright herself, “It's a play about love and knowledge. And it's about a person who has built up a lot of skills during her life who finds herself in a new situation where those skills and those great capacities don't serve her very well. So she has to disarm, and then she has to become a student. She has to become someone who learns new things.”

Monday, July 7^th – 7:30 pm

8X10 Glossy by Sara Dreher
presented by Leaping Thespians, Greater Vancouver Zone

When one thinks of the gay rights movement it usually conjures up images of  inaccuracies, which unfortunately do not reflect the struggles of the diverse segments of our community – especially within the lesbian community. It is against this background of lesbian activism that we see a play about love and family dysfunction, as the story unfolds about a lesbian activist and photojournalist who returns home to the family farm for the one-year anniversary of her father’s death.

Tuesday, July 8^th – 7:30 pm

Criminal Hearts by Jane Martin
presented by Cranbrook Community Theatre, Kootenay Zone 

Audiences will delight in the quirky humor of this cross between Thelma and Louise and The Grifters.

Wednesday, July 9^th – 7:30 pm

‘night Mother by Marsha Norman
presented by Langley Players, Fraser Valley Zone

night, Mother is a full length play with two characters on stage, Jessie Cates, late thirties to early forties, who lives with her mother, Thelma. The play opens with Jessie asking her mother where a hand gun is kept. Jessie finds the gun with Thelma's help. As Jessie cleans the gun, she quietly announces she's going to be kill herself at the end of the evening. Jessie's announcement sets off a fierce struggle between mother and daughter, with Thelma using every strategy she can conceive of to talk Jessie out of her plan. As the evening progresses, Thelma becomes so desperate, she resorts to telling Jessie the truth about a number of issues that have affected Jessie's life.

Thursday, July 10^th – 7:30 pm

Proposals by Neil Simon
presented by Deep Cove Stage Society, North Shore Zone

A charmingly nostalgic memory play recalling the summer of 1953 and the last time the Hines family gathered at their retreat in the Poconos, complete with romantic entanglements.

Friday, July 11^th - 12:00 noon  Matinee

It Had to be You by Renee Taylor & Joseph Bologna presented by Yellow Point Drama Group, South Island Zone

After another failed audition, a ‘B’ class actress takes producer home with her for what turns out to be a surprising evening.

Friday, July 11^th – 8:00 pm

American Buffalo by David Mamet
presented by Stage North Theatre Society, Peace River Zone

In a Chicago junk shop, three small-time crooks plot to rob a man of his coin collection. Its existence came to light when the collector found a valuable ‘buffalo nickel’ in the shop. The three plotter punks fancy themselves as businessmen pursuing the legitimate concerns of free enterprise.
Warning: Language, adult themes and smoking.

#1 : The Fetch  by Samantha Wright
presented by  Space On The Floor Theatre, Kootenay Zone

1^st Performance – 3:00 pm Friday, July 4^th
2^nd Performance – 3:00 pm Sunday, July 6^th

^{Dramaturge: Garry Davey}

Shortly after returning from a holiday, Victor’s wife Lila goes missing. Lila’s twin sister tries to help solve the mystery. Will Victor crack under the pressure?

#2 : Legoland  by Jacob Richmond
presented by  Stage North Theatre Soc., Peace River Zone

1^st Performance – 3:00 pm Monday, July 7^th
2^nd Performance – 3:00 pm Wednesday, July 9^th

^{Dramaturge: Kathryn Shaw}

Penny and Ezra, the infamous Lamb siblings, are extradited to Canada after a   brutal attack on one of America's most beloved pop stars. A contemporary Vaudeville routine with ukulele, puppets, and gangster rap presented by the "Gruesome Twosome," Canada's youngest drug cartel.

#3 : TBA

1^st Performance – 3:00 pm Thursday, July 10^th
2^nd Performance – 3:00 pm Saturday, July 12^th

^{Dramaturge: Fran Gebhard}